Senior Media Planner
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Media
Salary range: 60000-100000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Advertising

Company profile:
Young &amp; Shand is a full service digital agency that loves a challenge.We’ve made a name for ourselves by creating engaging digital content and leveraging new marketing technology to help NZ businesses grow. We consistently get results with a performance based approach and by ensuring the content we create gets people talking. This has helped us become the country’s fastest growing independent digital agency.How we workOur Auckland office has a full production team, Creative Director, three creative teams, six digital designers and a full development team. As a client, you’ll also have a senior Account Director and an experienced Account Manager working with you day to day and at a strategic level. To ensure everything gets done, we also have our own dedicated team offshore that allows us to work 24 hours a day.Perhaps more important than our production capability is our strategic and creative thinking. Without great thinking you’re only going to get average results. And average is not good enough - we’re only interested in doing world class work that drives results for our clients. That’s why we’ve invested in Ben becoming a New Yorker for 12 months. He’s there to understand what’s happening at the cutting edge of marketing technology so we’re up there with the best.Our environmentLast but not least, we’re a young ambitious company that’s not afraid of hard work. We have a young team that's smart and eager to learn and test the limits of what's possible. We have a real collaborative approach and work together to achieve great results. 

Job description:
This is a new role. We are looking for a (mid to senior level) media planner to lead and grow our media team. We specialise in Digital Media and are looking for someone that understands performance media, adwords, social as well as programmatic and premium digital environments.You will need trafficking experience and a knowledge of ad serving. Some knowledge of web development would be advantageous. You will be comfortable booking digital media campaigns, and optimising performance. Plus you must be up to date with latest trends and opportunities in online media and be able to think about the role of each channel in driving the right consumer conversation.You'll have a minimum of 2 years digital media experience with a passion for new media. We are looking for a candidate with strong experience with ad servers, Adwords, and Facebook. Experience using DSP’s would be an advantage and you will also need to have a strong understanding of organic search and analytics. Experience of broader traditional media would be useful.Young &amp; Shand is New Zealand’s leading creative digital agency. With a team of over 60 digital specialists we are developing our media team. This role reports to our Strategy &amp; Planning Director and is based in Auckland.This is a significant opportunity make a real impact.

Requirements:
Media Planning -  Strong analytical and numerical skills is a must.  Campaign Management - you will have excellent knowledge of buying tools/dsp’s and will be responsible for media buying and trafficking for key campaigns.Skills - You will have outstanding attention to detail, negotiation and presentation skills. In addition you will also be good at developing strong relationships with clients and suppliers.Customer Analytics - understanding online performance to identify problems and opportunities Driving Performance - driving our client job reporting and monthly reporting processes.

Benefits:
Working with like minded people driven to produce excellent workGreat office space located in the heart of Britomart, AucklandFully stocked beer and wine fridgeAs much Pizza as you can eat on Fridays